Winds cause power interruption

Complications from high winds Friday are believed to be the reason behind several power outages throughout the state, including for approximately 775 customers in Adrian.

Consumers Energy spokesman Terry DeDoes said an outage at the Hunt Road substation at 12:16 p.m. Friday affected more than 50 customers along Bent Oak Highway near Valley Road. At 12:22 p.m., an outage affecting 725 customers was reported after the College Park substation went offline. Customers on the west side of Adrian, including Adrian College, were affected.

Both outage areas had repair crews assigned within minutes, DeDoes said. Electricity was restored between 1:40 and 2 p.m. to most of those affected.

Approximately 11,000 customers statewide were without power Friday afternoon, mostly around Grand Rapids and Lansing, DeDoes said.